Penetration enhancers for transdermal delivery of systemic agents
申请人:WHITBY RESEARCH, Inc.
公开号:EP0268220A2
公开(公告)日:1988-05-25
This invention relates to a method for administering systemically active agents including therapeutic agents through the skin or mucosal membranes of humans and animals in a transdermal device or formulation comprising topically administering with said systemic agent an effective amount of a membrane penetration enhancer having the structural formula
wherein R¹ and R² are independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl radicals and cycloalkyl radicals comprising from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and R is selected from the group consisting of alkyl radicals and cycloalkyl radicals comprising from 1 to 30 carbon atoms; provided, however, that the total number of carbon atoms in said compound is 15 or more and the total number of carbon atoms in R¹ and R² is 5 or more.